Lemon Sherbet Fruited Sour
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Bringing the sweet, tangy and fruity world of dessert into the beer world, Untitled Art continues their smoothie sour trend with lemons, milk sugar and vanilla.

As part of their Fruited Sour series, Lemon Sherbet pours generously yellow with deeper hints of gold. Caught in a firm and faintly glowing haze, the beer builds a creamy meringue with a nearly reckless lemon, herb, peppery and creamy scent. Sweeter once on the palate, the flavors of cereal, cream, taffy, marshmallow and vanilla all stand tall.

Just as those creamy sweet flavors and textures wrap around the middle palate, the racy sourness steps in to wash it all away. A balance of sweet and sour ride along the tastebuds for suggestions of lemonade spiked with spicy vodka and then balancing with cream to suggest a taste of pastry dough, lemon meringue and sherbet before the pectin spices from the lemons hint at rind and Limoncello proportions.

Medium bodied and seemingly fuller for sour ale, the bee's upstart is creamy but its finish is drying, spicy and unfortunately astringent from the spices leaching from the lemon rinds. Its an otherwise refreshing but flavorful sour ale that highlights off of what lemons are about, both good and bad.